In addition to writing lists and commentaries for Cultaholic, Justin is also a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine, and is co-author of the WWE-related book Titan Screwed: Lost Smiles, Stunners, and Screwjobs.
It was incomprehensible that WWE could take a sure-fire, undoubted winner of a storyline like a WCW invasion and render it so sterile and lifeless. The idea that the most sought-after pro-graps holy...
The 2002 Survivor Series is one of the more fondly remembered events bearing its name, and it's easy to understand why. When you look at the combined Attitude and Ruthless Aggression eras from 1997 to...
The year 2003 wasn't exactly WWE's finest for a variety of reasons. Fan interest dropped off, as there were no stars the calibre of Steve Austin or The Rock anchoring the weekly shows. Monday Night...
Sure, the main event had implications that would actually kick off the yellow brick road to the main event of WrestleMania, but Survivor Series 2004 is otherwise "just a show". Nothing groundbreaking...
These days, the hatred between Raw and SmackDown seems especially put-on, as tensions don't conveniently mount until some point in late-October/early-November, at which point Survivor Series' card...
The intense dislike among brands had long since faded from the previous year's event, and even the ECW-WWE turf war had petered out into nothingness in the weeks following One Night Stand. The 2006...
The 2007 Survivor Series is one of those weird pay-per-views that felt like it should have been called anything except Survivor Series. Sure, there's an elimination match in the middle of the show...
Generally here at Cultaholic, we look for silver linings. If a wrestling show is average or mediocre, the lads and I can generally find something good among the bad to extol the virtues of. But...
For some reason, I tend to look back at Survivor Series 2009 with plenty of fondness. With two good World title matches (one of which being great), two very good elimination bouts, and a well-done...
Superhero characters being faced with moral dilemmas can make for good television, especially a heroic figure that had been presented as bulletproof for a lengthy stretch. John Cena was a part of the...
When you watch a bald Shawn Michaels, a physically-compromised Triple H, and a much more sluggish Kane and The Undertaker shuffle their way through the slowest main event this side of a turtle...
In the moment, it seemed like a pretty nifty way to debut three wrestlers that each had promise. Rather than put eight generic, featureless hopefuls on some NXT game show, each in short trunks and...
What the hell happened? For the first time since the Royal Rumble, No Way Out, and WrestleMania X-Seven in 2001, WWE managed to deliver three undeniably kick-ass pay-per-views in a row. Although...
The term "one-match show" can come off as a criticism - without one Academia-bound bout, the event in question would've been a complete waste. WrestleMania 13 may be the archetypal "one-match show",...
Hearken back 17 years to the 1998 Survivor Series, when 14 men vied for the WWE Championship in a one-night, winner-take-all tournament. The scheming, plotting, twisting, turning, and swerving left us...
